TRIAL FOR THE MURDER 
OF THE KING'S ENGLISH 

BY 

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Franklin, Ohio 



Trial for the Murder of 
the King's English 



By JULIA E. PARK. 



Copyright 1919, EJdridge Entertainment House 



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Cast of Characters 



Judge — Society. 

Solicitor — Mr. Improvement 

Sheriff— Mr. Better Speech 

Lawyer for the Defense — Miss Carelessness 

Circuit Clerk 

Stenographer 

The Accused 



Merchant 

Farmer 

Banker 

Doctor 

"Telephone Girl 

Music Teacher 

Soldier 

Housewife 

Clerk 

Expression Teacher 

Nurse 

Conductor 



} Jurors 



Mr. Know All 
Miss Precise 
Old Lady Gossip 
Mr. Inquiry 
Mr. Intelligent J 

Miss Don't Care ) 
Mr. Smart Aleck { 
Mr. Know Nothing ( 
Miss Blabmouth J 



Witnesses for State 



Witnesses for Defense 



Costumes 



Judge Society should wear a judge's gown if possible. 

Solicitor should be dressed in business suit. 

Sheriff should wear ordinary business suit, with sheriff's 
badge. 

Miss Carelessness should be dressed in a black waist, 
white skirt, shoes with run-over heels. Her hair 
should be almost down. A rather masculine girl 
should be selected for this part and her clothes, walk 
and speech should be careless. 

Circuit Clerk requires no special costume. 

Stenographer, if a girl, should wear simple business suit. 

The accused should be careless and slouchy in dress, 
walk, and manner of sitting, for a person who is 
careless in speech is generally careless in every 
other way. 

The jurors should be dressed in a manner typical of their 
various professions. 

Mr. Know All wears a business suit. His manner should 
be confident. 

Miss Precise may be dressed as a precise old maid, who 
wears rainbow colors. Her clothes and hair are ar- 
ranged "just so." 

Old Lady Gossip should be a middle-aged woman, rather 
heavy set. 

Mr. Inquiry and Mr. Intelligent should be well dressed. 

Miss Don't Care should be slovenly in every way. 

Mr. Smart Aleck should be neatly, but rather loudly, 
dressed. 

Mr. Know Nothing should be carelessly dressed. 

Miss Blabmouth, any costume for middle-aged woman. 



Trial for the Murder of the King's English. 



Scene — Court room. 

Sheriff — (calls) Oh, yes! Oh, yes! This honor- 
able circuit court has now opened according to law. (En- 
ter people from all directions. After the people are in the 
room the judge raps on desk.) 

Judge — Jury now come forward. (Jurors come for- 
ward) The case on docket is "Trial for the murder of 
the King's English. 

Circuit Clerk — Do you and each of you solemnly 
swear that you will and truly, by all issues execute all 
writs of injury which may be submitted to you during 
the present week, so help you Shakespeare? 

Jurors — (holding up right hands) We do. (Sit.) 

Judge — Is the defendant ready for trial? 

Defendant — Yes. 

Judge — Is the state ready for trial? 

Solicitor — -We are. 

Solicitor — Sheriff, call in the first witness. 

Sheriff — Mr. Know All, come forward. 

(Enter Know All.) 

. Circuit Clerk — (swearing witness) Do you solemnly 
swear that the testimony you may give in this case will 
be the truth and nothing but the truth, so help you Rob- 
ert Browning? 

Mr. Know All — I do. 

Solicitor — Well, Mr. Know All, what do you know 
about this case? 



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Mr. Know All — I know all about it. I heard the ac- 
cused say "I have eat peas when they was so hard you 
could shoot them against the wall and they wouldn't 
bust." 

Solicitor — Where did you hear him say it? 

Know All — Down at the Dormitory. 

Solicitor — To whom was he talking? 

Know All — Coach Robertson. 

Solicitor — What did Coach Robertson say? 

Mr. Know All — He said, 'Them peas are in the same 
class as your head." 

Solicitor— That will do, Mr. Know All. (To council 
for defense) You may have the witness. 

Miss Carelessness — State yore name to the court. 
Know All — Mr. Know All. 

Miss C. — Are you sure it wasn't nobody else said it? 
Know All — Yes. 

Miss C. — Now, reailv, don't you think he said it for 
fun? 

Solicitor — I object. 

Judge — Objection sustained. 

Miss C. — Who'd you say he wuz talkin' to? 

Mr. Know All — Coach Robertson. 

Miss C— Well, that's all. 

(Exit Know All.) 
Sheriff — We will now examine Miss Precise. 

(Enter Miss Precise.) 

Clerk — (swears witness) Do you solemnly swear 
that the testimony you may give in this case will be the 
truth and nothing but the truth, so help you Laura Jean 
Libby ? 

Miss Precise — I do. 

Solicitor — State your name to the court. 

Miss Precise — Miss Precise. 



Trial for the Murder of the King's English 7 

Solicitor— Miss Precise, what do you know of the 
accused ? 

Miss Precise— I know nothing of him except the er- 
rors in grammar which he makes. I have heard them to 
my utter disgust. I think it a perfect outrage to have a 
refined young lady like myself come to this horrible 
court room. 

Solicitor — We do not want to know what you think 
about this case but we wish to know what you know 
about it. 

Miss Precise— But I think— I mean I know it is per- 
fectly absurd. All I know about it is that the telephone 
girl told me she heard the accused say: "them there 
Germans need more taters." 

Solicitor — Do you for a fact know that this state- 
ment is true? 

Miss Precise — To be sure I do. I would not have 
told it if I had not known it to be true as I am not fond 
of telling falsehoods. 

Solicitor — That will do, Miss Precise. 

(Miss Precise is now examined by Miss C.) 
Miss C. — State yore name to the court. 
Miss Precise — Miss Precise. 
Miss C. — Did .you say that telephone gal told you 

that this here criminal said "them Germans needed more 
taters"? 

Miss Precise — I said the telephone girl told me. 
Miss C. — And you didn't hear it yourself? 
Miss Precise — I did not. 
Miss C. — That will do Miss Precise. 

(Exit Miss Precise.) 
Solicitor — Sheriff, call Mr. Inquiry. 
Sheriff — Mr. Inquiry, step forward. 



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Clerk — (swears witness) Do you solemnly swear 
that the testimony you may give in this case will be the 
truth and nothing but the truth, so help you Conan 
Doyle? 

Mr. I.— I do. 
Solicitor — This is Mr. Inquiry, is it not? 

Mr. I — Yes, that's my name. Don't you know me? 

Solicitor — I am sorry to say I do not. We will now 
proceed with the case. Mr. Inquiry, what do you know 
about this case? 

Mr. I. — First, I would like to inquire about this 
case. Now all I know about it is what I found out. I 
asked Tom Green if he heard the accused say, "I seen 
Shabby Allen a-talking to my gal." 

Solicitor — Is that all you know about this case? 

Mr. I. — Yes, that's all I know about this case but I 
couldn't tell all I know about the others for it would take 
me too long. 

Solicitor — That will do; you may have the witness. 

Miss C. — State yore name to the court. 

Mr. I. — Mr. Inquiry. 

Miss C. — Now, let me see. Didn't you say you asked 
Tom Green if he heard this here criminal say that stuff 
about talking about Shabby Allen's gal? 

Mr. /.—I did. 

Miss C. — Then you didn't hear him say it, hisself ? 

Mr. I. — No, I didn't hear him say.it, and I only in- 
quired about this case. 

Miss C. — If that's the case you may go, Mr. Inquiry. 
(Exit Mr. Inquiry) 

Solicitor — Sheriff, call Old Lady Gossip. 

Sheriff — Old Lady Gossip, come forward. 
(Enter Old Lady Gossip) 

Clerk — (swears witness) . Do you solemnly swear 
that the testimony you may give in this case will be the 
truth and nothing but the truth, so help you Lord Bacon? 



Trial for the Murder of the King's English 9 

Old Lady Gossip — I do. 

Solicitor— Is this Old Lady Gossip? 

0. L. G. — To be sure it is I. 

Solicitor—What do you know about this case? Have 
you ever heard the accused say anything? 

O. L. G.— Well, I didn't hear him say it myself, but 
I was calling on Mrs. Jones a few days ago and she was 
a-telling me that Mrs. Smith said that Mrs. White told 
her that Mrs. Johnson told her that her husband called 
the accused over the telephone and he said, "It is me," 
and she also told me that her son John said that Willie 
Smith heard the accused say, "I seen Shabby Allen talk- 
ing to my gal." 

Solicitor— I guess you have told us all you know 
now. 

O. L. G. — Yes, I believe so. But wait a minute. I 
do know something else. Lizzie Mae Jones told me that 
Jemima Higgins said she heard him say it too. 

Solicitor— Very well, Old Lady Gossip. That will 
do for you. 

O. L. G.—lt might as well do, for I have told all I 
heard. 

Solicitor— (to Miss C.) You may have the witness. 

Miss C. — State yore name to the court. 

0. L. G.— Old Lady Gossip. 

Miss C.— You wuz told all you know about this case, 
wuzzent you? 

0. L. G. — Yes. As I said, Mrs. Smith told me that 
Mrs. Jones told her 

Miss C. — Don't start all that over. That is enough 
of you. 



(Exit 0. L. G.) 

Hicitor — Sheriff, 
telligent. 

Sheriff — Mr. Intelligent, come forward. 



Solicitor— Sheriff, we shall hear the testimony of 
Mr. Intelligent. 



10 Trial for the Murder of the King's English 

Clerk — (swearing witness) Do you solemnly swear 
that the testimony you may give in this case will be the 
truth and nothing but the truth, so help you Geoffrey 
Chaucer. 

Mr. Intelligent. — I do. 

Solicitor — Is this Mr. Intelligent? 

Intelligent — Certainly. 

Solicitor — Well, what do you know about this case? 

Intelligent — I heard the accused say, "John Roberts' 
son run home giving Mr. Caldwell heel dust." 

Solicitor — Where were you when you heard him say 
it? 

Intelligent — Over at Rat Aldibnontifostiformias- 
ticus. 

Solicitor — You are quite sure you heard him your- 
self? 

Intelligent — I suppose so or I'd never have told it. 

Solicitor — That will do, Mr. Intelligent. (To Miss 
C.) You may have the witness. 

Miss C. — Yore name is Mr. Intelligent? 

Intelligent — It is. 

Miss C. — Are you sure this was the person who were 
talking? 

Intelligent — I am quite sure this is the person who 
was talking. 

Miss C. — Well, you can go, if you're that sure. 
(Exit Mr. Intelligent.) 

Miss C. — We will now examine the defendant's wit- 
nesses. Sheriff, call Mr. Know Nothing. 

Sheriff — Mr. Know Nothing, come forward. 

(Enter Mr. Know Nothing, looking like an idiot 
with mouth open.) 

Clerk — (swearing witness) Do you solemnly swear 
that the testimony you may give in this case will be the 
truth and nothing but the truth, so help you Jack Lon- 
don? 



Trial for the Murder of the King's English 11 

Mr. K. N.—Vh huh. 
Miss C— State yore name to the court. 
Mr. K. N.—Mr. Know Nothing. 
Miss C. — What does you know about this here case? 
Mr. K. N. — I don't know nothing much. I did hear 
somebody say he said all this but I never knowed him to 
only he did say at the Dormitory "I have eat peas when 
they was so hard you could shoot them against the wall 
and they wouldn't bust." 

Miss C— That are all you heard, were it? 
Mr. K. N. — I don't know. Well, yes, I guess it is. 
Miss C— You might go, Mr. Know Nothing. You 
take the witness, Mr. State. 

Solicitor— You are sure you heard him say these 
things are you? 

Mr. K. N. — I reckon so. 

Solicitor— -You may go. There's no one home. 

(Exit Mr. Know Nothing) 
Miss C— -Sheriff, call Miss Don't Care. 
Sheriff — Miss Don't Care come to the witness stand. 
(Enter Miss Don't Care, acting and walking her 
name.) 

Clerkr— (swears witness) Do you solemnly swear 
that the testimony you may give in this case will be the 
truth and nothing but the truth, so help you Robert 
Chambers. 

Miss D. C— Sure I do. 
Miss C— State yore name to the court. 
Miss D. C. — Miss Don't Care. 
Miss C— Let's hear yore testimony in this case. 
Miss D. C.—l don't see a bit of use in having me in 
it. But I'll tell you all I know. As I was passing the 
accused and Jimmie Sanders on the street the other day 
I heard the accused say, ""John Robertson run home giv- 
ing Caldwell heel dust." 



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Miss C. — Are you shore it wuz him? 

Miss D. C.— Yes, I'm shore. I've seen him before, 
haven't I? 

Miss C. — Well, I'm through with that hussy. (To 
Solicitor) You may have the witness. 
Solicitor — Who told you this? 
Miss D. C.—l said I heard it myself. 
Solicitor — You are sure it was the accused, are you? 
Miss D. C— Yes. 
Solicitor — You may go. 

(Exit Miss Don't Care.) 
Miss C— Sheriff, call Mr. Smart Aleck. 
Sheriff— Mr. Smart Aleck, come forward. 

(Enter Smart Aleck.) 

Cleric— (swears witness) Do you solemnly swear 
that the testimony you may give in this case will be the 
truth and nothing but the truth, so help you Elsie Dins- 
more ? 

Mr. Smart A.— That's me. 

Miss C. — State yore name to the court. 

Mr. Smart A.— Mr. Aleck Smart or Smart Aleck. 



C— Mr. Smart Aleck, what does you know 
about this case? 

Smart A.— I heard the accused say, "them there 
Germans needs more taters." 

Miss C— What el^se did you h'ear him say? 

Smart A.— Nothing but I lost my 

Miss C. — Lost what? 
Smart A. — Lost my tater. 

Miss C— That will do for you. (To Solicitor) You 
may have the witness. 

Solicitor— WhM did you say you heard the accused 

say? 

Smart A.— That "them thar Germans need more 

taters." 



Trial for the Murder of the Kings English IS 

Solicitor — Where were you when you heard him say 

this? 

Smart A. — Down at the Palace. 
Solicitor — To whom was he talking? 
Smart A. — To Jimmie Sanders. 
Solicitor— What did Jimmie say? 
Smart A.— He said he guessed their taters were all 
tatters now. 

Solicitor— That will do for you, Mr. Smart Aleck. 

(Exit Mr. Smart Aleck) 
Miss C— We will now hear Miss Blabmouth. 
Sheriff — Miss Blabmouth, come forward. 

(Enter Miss Blabmouth, muttering something 
about "hit being a shame for having u nice innocent boy 
there." 

Clerk— (swears witness) Do you solemnly swear 
that the testimony you may give will be the truth and 
nothing but the truth, so help you Mr. Longfellow? 

Miss Blabmouth— Yes, sir, I can certainly swear 
that. 

Mi ss c.— State yore name to the court. 
Miss B.— Miss Blabmouth. (Very angrily) Yes; 
Miss Blabmouth. Ain't that who that thar sheriff man 
called? 

Miss C— Yes, he called Miss Blabmouth. What can 
you tell us of this case? 

Miss B.—l don't know nothin' about this case 'cept 
it's a shame fer a having a pore boy like this up here and 
you will never get forgiveness fer it. 

M i ss c.— Tell us something of the accused's char- 

acter. 

Miss B. I give you to understand I don't know any- 
thing about his kerecter. 

Miss C.— Didn't you always find him to be a good 
boy, who didn't bother nobody? 

Miss B. — 1 shore did. 



14 Trial for the Murder of the King's English 

Miss C. — That will do. (To Solicitor) You may have 
the witness. 

Solicitor — Miss Blabmouth, you did hear the ac- 
cused say these things of which he is accused? 

Miss B. — Well, I did hear him say he seen John Rob- 
ertson run home giving Mr. Caldwell heel dust, but this 
is a free country and I spose he can say what he wants to. 

Solicitor — Very well, Miss Blabmouth, that will do. 

(Exit Miss Blabmouth, angrily.) 

Miss C. — (arising and addressing the court) Yore 
honor, the court, ladies and gentlemen of the jury: First 
the charge against this pore boy for saying "It is me," 
is valid for Dr. Latham, De-On Allford Fessor Bain, Mr. 
Ste-all and even Shakespeare defends this statement. 
They justify such expressions as "It is me," from the 
analogy of the French "c'est moi" and on ground that 
they are more frequently he-ard than the pur-scription 
forum. Me stands fur the person speaking any way, so 
why not let him make use of sich? Second: We will 
now consider the expression, "I seen Shabby Allen talk- 
ing to my gal." Well the principal parts of the verb 
"see" is : present see, past indicative seen, past participle 
saw. So ye see that he ain't wrong. Third: Well, fur 
that expression, "I heard them Germans need more ta- 
ters," I bet, well I know they does need more taters, and 
if not now, it won't be long. This expression is so often 
said or used I does honestly believe it has came into use, 
fur let me mention jist here a few — well — a number of 
good authorities that have used and are still using same: 
Ruth Smith, Sally Jones, Jimmy Fairbank, Pete Hill, 
Mary Jane Emerine Scruggins, Grady Forever, Johnny 
Longlegs. Probably this expression is what we call a 
localism or provincialism. Does you ladies and gentle- 
men of the jury know what a localism are? Well a local- 
ism are an expression that am peculiar to a particular 
part of the country. Don't us and each of we live in a 
particular part of the country where this expression are 
used? So, ain't it right? He wants justice! Justice he 



Trial for the Murder of the King's English 15 

must have ! He ain't able to sarve in the plenipotentiary 
nor he ain't got no money fur to give away fur — er — 
nothing. If you hang him that would be worse than 
everthing else. That would not be religious but a sin 
for all of you'ens know — well, the ones that would break 
one of the fifteen, twenty — or some number of the com- 
mendints has not read their textbooks. Some of these 
here witnesses am coming up here 'cusing this pore boy 
for things what they don't know nothing about. Give 
him justice and he will be allowed to talk like he wants 
to in his own free United States. (Miss C. drops into\ 
her chair. 

Solicitor — (to the fury.) Your honor, the court, 
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury: From the testi- 
monies given by these various witnesses we find the de- 
fendant accused of saying: "have eat," for "have eaten," 
"they was" for "they were," "bust" for "burst." "them 
there" for "those," "it is me" for "it is I," "seen" for 
"saw," "run" for "ran," and "taters" for "potatoes." 
We will now discuss these charges. First, "have eat." 
Emerson and Bender, Sanford and Brown and H. G. 
Buehler say that the principal parts of the verb "eat" 
are, present eat, past ate, and past participle eaten, and 
that the present perfect tense is. formed by adding 
"have" or "has" to the past participle and therefore it 
would be "have eaten" instead of "have eat." Second, 
"they was." Sanford and Brown, Emerson and Bender, 
and H. G. Buehler say the verb has two numbers, singu- 
lar and plural. 1st, 2nd and 3rd, and that the general 
rule is that a singular subject requires a singular 
verb and a plural subject requires a plural verb. Then, 
since "they" is plural a plural verb should be used, and 
therefore it should be "they were" instead of "they was." 
Third, "bust." H. G. Buehler, Sanford and Brown, and 
Emerson and Bender say that the principal parts of the 
verb "burst" are present burst, past burst, and past par- 
ticiple burst. And "burst" is never used for "bust." 
"Bust," so Webster says, means the chest or a piece of 
sculpture. When used for "burst," which means to ex- 



16 Trial for the Murder of the King's English 

plode, it is vulgar and slang. He should not have said 
"bust" but "burst." Fourth, "them there." "Them" is 
used in this sentence as the modifier of the noun "Ger- 
mans." Sanford and Brown say, "Them should never be 
used as a modifier. The demonstrative pronoun, "those" 
should be used because only an adjective modifies nouns 
and pronouns. H. G. Buehler and Emerson and Bender 
agree also on this so he should have said "those" instead 
of "them there." Fifth, "It is me." "Me" is never 
used in the nominative case, so Sanford and Brown say. 
They also state that it always takes a predicate nominat- 
ive. Therefore "me" is incorrect in this sentence and it 
should be "It is I." Other authorities agree on this so 
it is incorrect to say "It is me." Sixth, "seen." Sanford 
and Brown, H. G. Buehler, and Emerson and Bender 
say, the principal parts of the verb "see" are present, 
see; past, saw; and past participle, seen. They say, too, 
that when "seen" is used some form of the verb "be" 
must be used. It should either be "saw" or "have seen." 
Seventh, "run." These men say the principal parts of 
"run" are, present, run; past, ran; and past participle, 
run. "Run" is used only in the present tense or with 
the past participle. When used in the past tense as this, 
it should be "ram" Eighth, "taters." Webster's un- 
abridged dictionary says p, o, t, a, t, o, e, s spells pota- 
toes, not "taters." Clippinger's Composition and Rhet- 
oric says "taters" is not a localism, but is slang and a 
vulgarism. Free speech is free until it interferes with 
our neighbors. Our language has decidedly an influence 
over our neighbors, reflects upon our family and our 
teachers, and classifies the person who uses it either as 
ignorant or cultured. We appeal to you, ladies and gen- 
tlemen of the jury, to protect the English language by 
meting out just punishment to this murderer of the 
King's English, (sits down.) 

Judge — (dismisses jury %vith following speech) 
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury: You are called upon 
to make a decision whether or not it is proper to use 
these various words for which the state or Mr. Improve- 



Trial for the Murder of the King's English 1.7 

ment has the accused on trial. Ladies and Gentlemen, 
you have heard the witnesses on both sides testify as to 
the use of the words, "seen" for "saw," "run" for "ran"7' 
"them" for "those," and "me" for "I." Now, Ladies 
and Gentlemen of the jury, if you are convinced beyond 
a reasonable doubt that the defendant really used these 
words and that they were wrongly used, it is your duty 
to find the defendant guilty and to fix as his penalty a 
positive demand that his teachers, parents and class- 
mates never allow him to murder the King's English 
again. Furthermore his penalty should require that he 
study English for two hours every day for two years, 
under a special tutor. Now, Ladies and Gentlemen of 
the jury, if you find the defendant has been wrongly ac- 
cused, as Miss Carelessness has attempted to prove, you 
may find him not guilty. Ladies and Gentlemen of the 
Jury, you may now retire to make your decision. 

(The jury retires and the court anxiously 
awaits the verdict. The defendant looks hopeless. 
After about one minute deliberation, the jury en- 
ters.) 

Foreman — We, the members of the jury, find the 
defendant guilty. 

Judge — You have heard the verdict and you know 
the penalty. Is there a motion for adjournment? 

A Juror — I move you we adjourn. 

Another Juror — I second that motion. 

Judge — Ail who are in favor of adjourning may let 
it be known by rising.- 

(Court adjourns. Accused is led out by the 
sheriff.) 

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of your special need in the way of an enter- 
tainment, and we will select a play, an oper- 
etta, a drill or even an entire program for you. 
But always enclose a stamp for the reply. 

Remember, that in addition to our entertain- 
ments we carry a large line of publications of 
other dealers. If in doubt as to the entertain- 
ment you desire, send particulars and we 
will suggest something to fit. 
We are at your service. 

ELBR1DGE ENTERTAINMENT HOUSE 

Franklin, Ohio 



GET THIS NEW PATRIOTIC MONOLOG 

"THE STARS AND STRIPES 
IN FLANDERS" 

By SEYMOUR S. TIBBALS 



LI ERE is a ten minute dramatic reading 
1 I with a climax that will cause a thrill. 
Suitable for a male or female reader and a 
number that will strengthen any program. 

We recommend it for any patriotic celebra- 
tion, commencement, alumni or civic banquet. 

The story deals with the manner in which 
the news of America's entrance into the war 
was received in a dugout in Belgium. A col- 
onel of artillery, a priest and an Irish-Ameri- 
can are the leading characters. You will 
like it. 

PRICE 25 CENTS 

THE ELDRIDGE ENTERTAINMENT HOUSE 

FRANKLIN, OHIO - - • • DENVER, COLO. 



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HERE AT LAST IS A BOOK WHICH WILL BE WELCOMED BY 
EVERYONE WHO HAS AN ENTERTAINMENT IN CHARGE 

AMATEURS' COSTUME BOOK 

m By ELIZABETH ""PTM I «—- 

DESCRIBES ACCURATELY HOW TO 

MAKE OVER 100 COSTUMES FOR 
Mother Goose Characters 
Fairies, Witches, Goblins 
Spirit of Christmas 
Characters of Flowers 
Patriotic Personalities 
Elves, Brownies and Gnomes 
A Variety of Dolls 
Little Folks of Long Ago 
Grecian Maids and Matron 
Characters of Comedy 
The Four Seasons 
Holiday Characters 
Different Nationalities 
Angels, Cupids, etc. etc. 

ILLUSTRATED FROM ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS 

Useful to enterprising mothers who are called upon to 
costume their children for amateur entertainments or 
fancy dress parties* : : : : : : : 




PRICE 



PAPER, 50 CENTS 
CLOTH, 75 CENTS 



ELDRIDGE ENTERTAINMENT HOUSE 

FRANKLIN, OHIO *, ^ % % DENVER, COLO. 



